Mineral Analysis of Dried Fruits

A dried fruit sample (0.5 g) was digested in 2 mL concentrated HNO₃ in a microwave oven (MILLSTONE, Cremona, Italy) and then diluted with distilled water to 25 mL. This solution was filtered before storage. A blank digest was carried out in the same way [17 (link)]. Minerals and elements were measured by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) (DV5300, PerkinElmer, Boston, MA, USA) method for calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium and phosphorous and the Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) (ELAN DRC-e, PerkinElmer, Boston, MA, USA) method for copper, manganese and zinc. The results are expressed in milligrams (mg) per100 g fresh edible portion.

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Song Y., Wei X.Q., Li M.Y., Duan X.W., Sun Y.M., Yang R.L., Su X.D., Huang R.M, & Wang H. (2018). Nutritional Composition and Antioxidant Properties of the Fruits of a Chinese Wild Passiflora foetida. Molecules : A Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry, 23(2), 459.

Publication 2018

ELAN DRC-e

Calcium Copper Emission Fruit Iron Magnesium Manganese Mass spectrometry Microwave Minerals Phosphorous Plasma Potassium Sodium Spectrometry Storage Zinc

Corresponding Organization : South China Agricultural University

Other organizations : South China Botanical Garden, University of Bath

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Variable analysis

independent variables

Digestion method (concentrated HNO3 in microwave oven)

dependent variables

Calcium
Potassium
Magnesium
Sodium
Phosphorous
Copper
Manganese

control variables

Dried fruit sample weight (0.5 g)
Digestion solution volume (2 mL concentrated HNO3, diluted to 25 mL with distilled water)
Filtration step before storage

controls

Positive control: Blank digest carried out in the same way

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